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G. SKINNER. GURLING IRON.

No. 573,112. Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

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No. 573,112. Patented Dec. 15, 1896 "cams mzmrco. PHOTO-Limo" WASHINGTONa c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SKINNER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CURLING-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,112, dated December15, 1896.

Application filed November 30, 1895. Serial No. 570,690. (No model.)Patented in England December 18, 1894, No. 24,644,- in Fr nc February'20, 1896, No. 251,368, and in Belgium January 31, 1896, No. 119,323.

- a new and .useful Improvement in Curling- Tongs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention has been patented in England, No. 24,644, dated December18, 1894; in France, No. 251,368, dated February 20, 1896, and inBelgium, No.119,323, dated January 31, 1896.

My invention relates to improvements in curling-tongs 0r apparatus forcurling, crimping, waving, or other treatment of the hair or othersubstance.

My object is to construct such tongs or apparatus with the upper jawthereof opening and closing parallel with the lower or bottom jaw, thusenabling the hair or other substance to be gripped the entire length ofthe jaws.

My invention and some modifications thereof are illustrated bytheaccompanying drawings, in wl1ich-=- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofone form of my invention with the jaws closed. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same with the jaws open. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of anotherform with the jaws closed. Fig. 4 is a side view of the same with thejaws open. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a third form of my invention,and Fig.6 is a side view of the same with the jaws open.

In carrying my invention into practice I construct, preferably, theapparatus as shown by Fig. 1, in which the top jaw A, of suitable metalor material, is guided to and from its seat in the concave face of thelower jaw B by the forked lever 0, attached to the handle D which leveris hinged at D to the body E of the tongs and to the top jaw A at D Theguide link E is hinged at E to the body E and to the top jaw A at E bywhich arrangement the top jaw can be raised from the bottom jaw when thelever O is actuated by the lower handle D and can be held in hori zontalposition by the link E, thus causing a true vertical movement of theupper jaw A.

In Fig. 3 the top jaw A is fixed to the guideblock II II, which block isslotted to receive the end of the lever O, and this lever is connectedto the shank of the jaw B by the pin I. hen the trigger J is pulledback, the lever O rises and forces the guide-block H H along the curvedguides H H, thus raising the upper jaw A parallel with the lower jaw B.The guides H H are slotted for the reception of the slotted end of jawA. The lever 0 is slotted to allow of its angular motion on the pin I.When the trigger is released, the spring J brings back the guide-blocksto their original positions,thus closing the tongs.

In Fig. 5 the lower jaw B has extensions M in the form of side platesarranged with a space N between them, in which the enlarged shank A ofthe jaw A is intended to work. This enlarged lower part A of the jaw A(plainly shown in Fig. 5 and in dotted lines, Fig. 6) carries two pins Aand G, projecting laterally therefrom and into a slot M, formed in theside plates M. This slot is widened at one end by a lateral notch M andwhen the jaw A is open, as shown in Fig. 6, this notch receives thelateral pin G, while the pin A is in the straight part of the slot M,thus maintaining jaw A in inclined position relative to the jaw Thehandle of the jaw B is shown at 13*, being connected thereto through theplates M. The jaw A is operated to close upon the jaw B by a handle Dconnected with a lever O, pivoted at D the upper end of the lever beingforked at F and fitting on each side of the shank of the jaw A andbetween the same and the side plates M. The forks F are slotted at F andreceive the pin G, and it will be clear that when the handle D is movedfrom the position shown in Fig. 6 toward the handle D the lever C willbe operated to force the pin G out of the notch M and into the slot M.The two pins A and G will then be in the slot M, as shown in Fig. 5, andthe jaw A will be then parallel with the jaw B, and by moving the leverfurther the pin A will reach the end of the slot, as shown, thuscompletely closing the jaws.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- 1. In combination, the frame and handle, the rigid jawconnected thereto rigidly, the

movable jaw, the hand-lever pivoted to the frame and connected to themovable jaw, and the guiding means for giving the movable jaw a parallelmovement in relation to the fixed jaw, the pivoted handle swinging inthe are of a circle toward and from the rigid handle substantially asdescribed.

2. In combination, the fixed jaw and frame, the movable jaw, the link Econnecting the movable jaw with the frame and the handlever foroperating the movable jaw pivoted to the frame and pivotally connectedto the movable jaw to form with the link E a parallel movement, the saidframe having a fixed handle toward and from which the hand-lever swingspivotally in the arc of a circle sub stantially as described.

GEORGE SKINNER.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES WILLIAM Honens, PATRICK OHALLORAN.

